Every once in a while a small steamer slips out of the harbor at dead
of night. Its cargo is secured at the secret morgue. At sea the bodies
are thrown overboard, duly weighted, without toll of bell or muttered
prayer. There are countless graves of unknown dead in the Monte Carlo
cemetery. But these are only those whose death has become known to the
public. The Casino authorities have a special bureau, whose duties
are to relieve persons ruined at the tables. The ruined gambler can
get from this bureau enough money to take him to his home, or to some
spot far from Monaco. Few know of this, perhaps, or there would not
be so many deaths. The "dead-broke" gambler is taken through many
inner chambers and before stern-faced men, to whom he has to tell his
history in detail. He is also confronted with the different croupiers,
who testify as to whether he really lost as much as he may claim.